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Veselinovic: Croatian president's statement - dangerous
BELGRADE - Chairman of the Serbian Parliament's Committee on the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region Janko Veselinovic said Saturday that a recent statement by the newly elected Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, in which she said that all Serbs in Croatia were Croats, was dangerous.
Linta: Grabar Kitarovic's statement is chauvinistic
BELGRADE - President of the Coalition of Refugee Associations Miodrag Linta condemned on Friday in the strongest terms the "provocative and chauvinistic" statement by the newly-elected President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic that she considers all citizens of Croatia to be Croats.
Stefanovic: Croatian president's statement- scandalous
BELGRADE - Nebojsa Stefanovic, vice-president of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), qualified on Friday as scandalous the statement by the newly-elected President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic that all Serbs in Croatia are Croats.
During the election campaign, Grabar Kitarovic addressed all citizens of Croatia as "Croats".
Croatian president "hopes to see Nikolic in Zagreb"
Croatian president "hopes to see Nikolic in Zagreb"
ZAGREB -- Croatia's new president has said she wishes that Serbia "takes the road toward EU membership," and also "hopes to see the Serbian president in Zagreb."
During an exclusive interview for the BHT1 broadcaster, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic also opined that Serbia "should take the step and recognize Kosovo."
Grabar-Kitarovic: Nikolic will be invited to inauguration
BRUSSELS - Croatia's newly elected president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic has said that she will invite Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic to her inauguration in Zagreb.
"It will be a good opportunity to settle some issues between our two countries," Grabar-Kitarovic told reporters in Brussels after filing her resignation to her position at NATO's headquarters on Thursday.
Hike in Swiss Franc Causes Panic in Croatia
A leap sudden leap in the value of the Swiss franc in relation to the euro has caused a knock-on effect Croatia, bringing bad news to Croats holding loans in the Swiss currency.
During a single day the franc rose by 15.8 per cent in relation to the kuna.
The kuna is linked to the euro, to which the Croatian national bank, HNB, tries to keep the kuna pegged.
Number of asylum seekers increases in December
Number of asylum seekers increases in December
BELGRADE -- Last year, about 16,500 people "had the intention to seek asylum in Serbia," and December saw a drastic increase in their number.
3,400 people requested asylum that month, heard a conference organized by the Serbian Commissariat for Refugees and Migration in Belgrade on Thursday.
Bulgarian Farmers to Receive EUR 7 B in EU Direct Payments by 2020
Bulgarian farmers will get EUR 7 B in EU direct payments by 2020, according to Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev
Number of asylum seekers increases drastically in December
BELGRADE- Last year, about 16,500 people had the intention to seek asylum in Serbia, and December saw a drastic increase in the number of asylum seekers, with 3,400 people requesting asylum that month, it was said at a conference organized by the Serbian Commissariat for Refugees and Migration in Belgrade on Thursday.
Croatia Govt Finally Greets New Rightist President
Croatia's cenre-left Prime Minister, Zoran Milanovic, belatedly congratulated the newly elected Croatian President, Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic - after a fashion - on Thursday.
"We want to once more express our gratitude to the former President, Ivo Josipovic, who in our opinion served with honour and as a role model as Croatian President," he said.
Croatia Press Review - January 15, 2015
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By publishing state bonds, finance minister Boris Lalovac indebted Croatia for another billion euro. Lalovac hopes that interests on bonds will be fewer than four per cent, due to generally low interests on European money markets.
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Croatia wants Serbia to process war crimes
Croatia wants Serbia to process war crimes
Croatian officials said Zagreb will block Serbia's European integration unless Belgrade processes the war crimes committed on Croatian territory during the 1990s.
The release of war criminal Vojislav Seselj sparked tension between Croatia and Serbia. [AFP]
British Foreign Secretary: Russia Sanctions Should Remain in Place
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has insisted that the sanctions against Russia should remain in place until the country starts fulfilling its commitments under the Minsk agreement.
Linta: Overturning Glavas's sentence was shameful
BELGRADE - The decision by the Croatian Constitutional Court to overturn the sentence against Branimir Glavas, found guilty of war crimes in the "garage" and "duct tape" cases, is shameful and scandalous, head of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia Miodrag Linta has said.
World Bank Revises Croatia's GDP Growth Down
New estimates of Croatia's likely GDP growth from the World Bank are not looking good for the country as it battles to exit a six-year economic crisis.
The World Bank in June 2014 estimated Croatia's GDP growth that year would be minus-0.5 per cent, rising to 1.2 per cent growth in 2015.